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Financial Aid Updates

This page provides the latest updates on financial aid processing for the 2026-27 award year. Information about your specific account is in your financial aid portal.

Fall 2026

Fall fees are due Monday, August 10 by 10 p.m. View your schedule in eSantaFe to see your tuition and fee balance. If your balance is not fully deferred by your available financial aid awards, you must pay the remaining balance by the fees due date or your coursework will be dropped. If your schedule shows a $0.00 balance, your coursework is secured for the term.

If your 2026-27 FAFSA was processed after July 27, there is no guarantee financial aid will be in place to hold your classes. If you have no fee deferment by the fees due date, you must pay your balance to keep your classes.

Critical Fall Financial Aid Dates

Book charging

Book charging lets you use your available financial aid to buy textbooks, rentals, and supplies at the 麻豆传媒映画 Bookstore before your aid pays out. If you have enough available aid after tuition and fees, a Bookstore Line of Credit (BLOC) is set up for you. Once you receive an eSantaFe notification that your BLOC is ready, you can make your academic purchases online or in person at the bookstore with a valid photo ID.

Getting your aid in place

1. Submit your 2026-27 FAFSA as soon as possible at studentaid.gov. The priority date is July 27. If the college receives your processed FAFSA by then, you have the best chance of being awarded before fall fees are due, though awarding takes longer if your FAFSA is selected for verification or additional documents are needed.
2. Watch your financial aid portal. After the U.S. Department of Education processes your FAFSA and sends it to Santa Fe College, any requested documents appear there. Submit them quickly so your aid can be finalized.
3. Review your financial aid offer. Once everything is in, your federal award package appears in your financial aid portal, including your Pell Grant offer (if you qualify) and any loan offers. If no awards show, contact the Financial Aid Office and we'll review your account. Common causes include an SAI above the Pell threshold, a prior degree, not meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress, or missing prior-school transcripts.
4. Expect state and institutional aid later than federal aid. Bright Futures, other state aid, and institutional scholarships are awarded on their own timeline. Confirm 麻豆传媒映画 is selected as your school at floridastudentfinancialaid.org, and submit the institutional scholarship application when it's available.

Important financial aid changes for 2026-27

Several federal changes take effect for 2026-27, including new provisions from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. A few may affect your FAFSA or your aid offer.

Required loan reductions for students not enrolled full-time. Federal loan offers will be reduced for students enrolled less than full-time, scaled to match your credit load. For example, a student enrolled in 6 credits might be offered roughly half the annual loan amount that a full-time student would receive. Six credits remains the minimum to be eligible for any federal loan. Final federal rules on how these reductions are calculated haven't been published, so this page will be updated once guidance is released.

Pell Grant and cost of attendance. If your grants and scholarships (not counting Pell or loans) already cover your full cost of attendance, you won't be eligible for a Pell Grant on top of that aid.

SAI cutoff for Pell Grants. Students with a Student Aid Index of $14,790 or higher are no longer eligible for a Pell Grant. In previous years, some students with an SAI above this threshold may have received a minimum Pell Grant award.

Parent PLUS Loan limits. New federal caps limit Parent PLUS Loan borrowing to $20,000 per year and $65,000 total per student. Students with a federal loan disbursement before July 1, 2026, in their current program may continue borrowing under the previous rules for up to three more academic years or until program completion, whichever comes first. Changing programs or transferring can end this grandfathered protection.